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Last May, hair salon owner Shelley Luther caused a stir when she was found to be in violation of the governor’s COVID order by continuing to operate her business. Luther was found to be in contempt of court and was jailed, but was later released by the Texas Supreme Court. Today, an opinion was delivered that the Texas Supreme Court concluded that the county’s order was too vague to enforce, and voided the order holding her in contempt of court.

NBC 5 Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther, who made national headlines by reopening her shop during the pandemic in defiance of business closure orders by Gov. Greg Abbott, announced Saturday that she is running for Texas Senate District 30. Luther’s announcement comes after Republican activists elected Pat Fallon to replace Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe as the GOP nominee for Texas’ congressional District 4. If Fallon wins, as is widely expected, he would be ineligible to be a state senator once sworn into Congress, creating an opening for the seat in Austin.

On Tuesday, Texas may have created the anti-lockdown movement’s first martyr when a Dallas judge sentenced hairstylist Shelley Luther to a week in prison for the crime of trying to provide for her own and her employee’s families. Texas is home to 28,995,881 people. It’s had 32,879 diagnosed Wuhan virus cases (that is, 0.11% of the population got diagnosed) and 890 virus deaths (0.003% of the population). Most of the cases are linked to nursing homes or people with co-morbidities. Even in nursing homes, though, things needn't be so dire. One doctor’s experiment shows that early intervention with the hydroxychloroquine...

I think I understand now how the Chinese felt under the reign of Chairman Mao. I actually watched a nice lady from Dallas last week be prosecuted for giving haircuts. Shelley Luther, who was trying to earn a living for her children by doing an honest day’s work at her business, Salon a la Mode, was arrested and prosecuted for that villainous act. Sitting in the courtroom of Dallas County District Judge Eric Moye, she was asked by counsel why she defied economic lockdown diktats issued by the government by opening her business. She replied, “Because I had no other...

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - After Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther was released from jail Thursday afternoon, the question remained about what she would do with the $500,000 that a GoFundMe page raised for her since the situation began two weeks ago. **SNIP** Throughout her fight, supporters have been donating to a GoFundMe page that was set up for her. It eventually met its goal of $500,000. Now, Luther says she wants to spread that wealth to those who need it. After using some of that money to help pay her legal fees and mortgage, she says she has other plans in...

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“We’re thrilled to be with you and know the whole State of Texas is standing with you, so thank you for your courage,” Cruz told Luther. Cruz told Luther he hasn’t had a haircut in about three months, and that his wife Heidi even warned he would “start bringing mullets back,” if he didn’t do something soon. At one point during his visit, Luther started crying, thanking Cruz for his support, “When people reach out with true authenticity, it’s huge,” she said. Luther told CBS 11 News, “It’s a nice gesture. His family actually called my boyfriend and prayed for...

EXCLUSIVE: Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther, who was ordered jailed for seven days Tuesday after she violated a local coronavirus-related business closure order, joined "Hannity" for an interview Thursday, hours after her release. Luther said she is feeling much better after being allowed to go back home, and told host Sean Hannity she stands by her decision not to apologize as instructed by state District Judge Eric Moye. "That was the last thing I was going to do, honestly," she said. " ... I just couldn't, I couldn't bring myself to apologize."

After spending about two days in jail and receiving support from state leaders and residents, Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther has been released from custody. On Thursday, Luther received help from the governor and the Supreme Court of Texas when it came to her release. She had been jailed since Tuesday. When she walked out of the jail, she was met with a large crowd of supporters with signs in hands congratulating her on her release. “I’m a little overwhelmed… I just want to thank all of you who I just barely met and now you’re all my friends. You...

A Texas salon owner who was sent to jail for seven days for violating the state's stay-at-home order during Covid-19 has been released after the Supreme Court of Texas' ruling Thursday. On Tuesday, Shelley Luther was found in civil and criminal contempt of court in Dallas for ignoring a temporary restraining order prohibiting her from operating her business, Salon A la Mode, according to a court document. As a result, Dallas Civil District Judge Eric Moyé ordered Luther to seven days in jail and fined her $500 for every day the salon stayed open. Luther was taken into custody Wednesday.

The Texas Supreme Court has now intervened in the ongoing travesty of justice in which salon owner Shelley Luther was sentence to 7 days in the Dallas County Jail by an overbearing Democrat judge. Late Thursday morning, Judge Eric Moye’ was ordered by the Supremes to release Ms. Luther from jail, where she was sentenced for contempt of court. Image The Supreme Court intervened after Texas Governor Greg Abbott amended his shut-down order to prohibit authoritarian judges like Moye’ from throwing people in jail, an unintended consequence that the Governor obviously failed to consider when he issued his hasty and...

THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS Orders Pronounced May 7, 2020 MISCELLANEOUS RELATOR IS ORDERED RELEASED IN THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDING: 20-0363 IN RE SHELLEY LUTHER; from Dallas County relator's motion for emergency relief granted response requested due by 4:00 p.m., May 11, 2020 [Note: The petition for writ of habeas corpus remains pending before this Court.]

The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of salon owner Shelley Luther, who was jailed for opening in violation of the state's rules, as Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order retroactively eliminating jail time as a consequence for violating the state's coronavirus restrictions.

Lewis practices business and bankruptcy law as an attorney at Ross & Smith, PC in Dallas, Texas, where she has worked since 2016.[1] She began her legal career at Baker Botts, LLP and later worked for a Dallas-based nonprofit organization focusing on civil litigation and probation cases. Lewis received her B.S. in business administration from East Texas Baptist University in 2004 and her J.D. from Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law in 2010.[2] She was admitted to the Texas State Bar in 2010 and is a member of the Dallas Bar Association and the Dallas Association of Young Bankruptcy...

A Dallas salon owner who broke a lockdown order to open her business was released from prison on Thursday. “Texas Supreme Court orders Shelley Luther, imprisoned for contempt for violating order to close her Dallas salon, RELEASED from prison,” posted Austin American-Statesman reporter Chuck Lindell.

The Texas Supreme Court has granted the release of a Dallas salon owner who was jailed for contempt of court after refusing to keep her business closed during the coronavirus crisis.

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Shelley Luther. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Shelley Luther is a patriot and a realist from Colleyville, Texas. Refusing to shut down her salon in the midst of a Democrat-scaremongering pandemic, Luther flat-out told King George, alias Judge Moyé, that she was not shutting down her salon, in response to his sanctimonious bloviation. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in...

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered for the “immediate release” of a woman who was sentenced to jail for seven days for refusing to apologize for reopening her salon business in defiance of county lockdown orders. Abbot released a statement Wednesday denouncing the judge who sentenced Shelley Luther to jail, saying there better ways of protecting public safety than jailing a mom wanting to feed her kids. “As I have made clear through prior pronouncements, jailing Texans for non-compliance with executive orders should always be the last available option,” Abbot stated. “Compliance with executive orders during this pandemic is important to...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has called for the “immediate release” of a Dallas salon owner who was arrested and sent to jail for opening her business in defiance of Gov. Greg Abbott’s stay-at-home orders. Shelley Luther, owner of Salon A La Mode, was sentenced to seven days in jail Tuesday after Dallas judge Eric Moye said she violated those orders as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Paxton said he believes the judge is abusing his authority and that her arrest seems like a “political stunt.” In a full statement, Paxton said: “I find it outrageous and out of touch that during this...